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DOJ OIG Reports: Combined DNA Index System Grants and Office of Justice Programs Grants

Compliance with Standards Governing Combined DNA Index System Activities at the Tulsa Police Department Forensic Laboratory, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Audit Report GR-80-08-001, December 2007 (Commentary and Summary Only) Office of Justice Programs Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative Funding Received by the City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Audit Report GR-60-08-001, November 2007 (Commentary and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Tax Administration, Force Structure, Tax Compliance

Tax Administration: 2007 Filing Season Continues Trend of Improvement, but Opportunities to Reduce Costs and Increase Tax Compliance Should be Evaluated, GAO-08-38, November 15, 2007 Department of Veterans Affairs: Actions Needed to Strengthen VA’s Foreclosed Property Management Contractor Oversight, GAO-08-60, November 15, 2007 Force Structure: Better Management Controls Are Needed to Oversee the Army’s Modular …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Economic Ranking of All 50 States Released

“This new publication by the American Legislative Exchange Council, Rich States/Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, by Arthur B. Laffer and Stephen Moore, is an invaluable resource for state lawmakers and citizens to evaluate their states fiscal and economic policies, while analyzing their results and ramifications.” Executive Summary Full report (114 pages, PDF)

Subjects: Government Documents

Future Trends in State Courts 2007

“The National Center for State Courts has published Future Trends in State Courts 2007, the latest in its long-running Report on Trends in the State Courts series. This book, which is produced annually by NCSCs Knowledge and Information Service, helps to make courts more aware of important trends in society and judicial administration that could …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Spains Minister of Public Administration Launches New Version of eGovernment Portal

“www.060.es is the first portal to give unified electronic access to Spains public services, regardless of which administration runs them. The new version will enable users to personalise this facility and adapt it to their own needs. Of the 565 services that can now be reached via the site, 325 are provided by the various …

Subjects: E-Government

USAID OIG Audit of USAID/West Bank and Gazas Assistance to Al-Quds University

6-294-08-002-P Audit of USAID/West Bank and Gazas Assistance to Al-Quds University, the Islamic University in Gaza, and American Near East Refugee Aid, December 10, 2007 Audit Objective: “We conducted this audit in response to congressional and USAID concerns that funds were being provided to organizations that support terrorism as reported in a March 5, 2007, …

Subjects: Government Documents

Digital Footprints: Online identity management and search in the age of transparency

Press release: “Forty-seven percent of internet users have searched for their own name online, but few monitor their online presence with great regularity. Fifty-three percent of internet users have searched online for information about personal and business contacts. These findings represent a significant change from when the Pew Internet Project first reported on this activity …

Subjects: Internet, Privacy

Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007

Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007, 12/16/07: “4.5 percent of inmates report sexual victimization in the Nation’s State and Federal prisons.” The report, Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007 (NCJ-219414) was written by BJS statisticians Allen J. Beck and Paige M. Harrison.

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

International and Foreign Legal Research: A Coursebook

International and Foreign Legal Research: A Coursebook, by Marci Hoffman Associate Director, International & Foreign Law Librarian, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Library and Mary Rumsey, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian, University of Minnesota Law School Library, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden / Boston (2007). Select individual chapters to see a detailed table …

Subjects: Legal Research

U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program

“The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program was initiated in 1982 to provide objective and reliable scientific information needed to develop policies and practices that help avoid exposure to toxic substances, mitigate environmental deterioration from contaminants, provide cost-effective cleanup and waste-disposal strategies, and reduce future risk of contamination. Contamination of surface water, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

HHS OIG Reports Record $43 Billion in Savings and Recoveries

Press release: “The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Semiannual Report to Congress reported total fiscal year (FY) 2007 savings and expected recoveries of $43 billion; $5 billion more than last year and more than double the savings and recoveries of just five years ago. OIGs FY 2007 $43.08 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Political Bloggers at Newspaper Sites in Drivers Seat for 2008 Campaign Coverage

Editor and Publisher: “Yet it remains something newspapers are embracing as the 2008 presidential campaign hits its stride and the primaries loom. Campaign blogs were once left to partisans and non-journalists; now, along with the L.A. Times, at least five other daily papers have assigned to political blogs full-time reporters who post and edit items …

Subjects: Blogs

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